Individual players:

Tough day shooting, but he did a lot of other stuff (including a game-high 12 rebounds).

Laval Lucas-Perry 16min 0

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0/1

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Less playing time than he’s been getting, and probably a reflection of how well he’s been shooting. Another long-ish break between games can hopefully get him back on track.

Zack Novak 31min +3

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0/4

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Tough day shooting, but so many gritty white guy rebounds.

DeShawn Sims 25min +4

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4/4

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Owned the beginning of the game, then seemed to fade.

Kelvin Grady 26min +5

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3/6

Standard performance from Kelvin. I’d like to see him shoot fewer 30-footers.

Zack Gibson 15min +5

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With Sims in foul trouble, he really carried his own weight.

Stu Douglass 23min +9

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Decent day. Obviously, there’s room for improvement.

CJ Lee 11min +1

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Standard CJ Lee.

David Merritt 11min +9

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Standard Dave Merritt

Jevohn Shepherd 4min +2

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Got sparing playing time following a fairly strong perfomance against Penn State.

Anthony Wright 5min +4

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Anthony Wright made a shot. This is a noteworthy event.

What This Says…

The offense was working best when they weren’t shooting exclusively from the outside. I’m not going to sit here and say “throw it inside and see what happens” because I’m well aware that’s not Michigan’s offense. On top of that, Michigan doesn’t have a Shaq in the paint. DeShawn Sims is a good post player with a midrange game, but he is undersized at center. What I’d like to see is the team make more of the backdoor passes, and be a little more patient than they sometimes are in launching longbombs from three. Taking the opportunity to probe the inside every now and then will open things up for the whole offense.